LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17171, 15 October 1923, Page 6

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

BY WALT MASON'. Thcv loved each other when thev met. Jane Doe and Richard Roe: “A wedding is the safest bet." he said, in •accents low: “ T never met a damsel yet who charmed and pleased me sn." “ You are my peacherino boy." the lovely maid replied; “such honeyed language you employ, you cannot be denied, and it will till my heart with joy to be your blooming bride." They cam© to me for seven bones, to pay the pastor's fee. for wedding rings with plate-glass stones, and veiling fair to see. and T exclaimed, in ringing tones. What fools you mortals be! fro, court each other for a year, and take long moonlight walks; let Richard whisper in Jane's ear the gushing tosh that knocks; let Jane be sure he is a dear, let Richard save the rocks. This marriage graft should be approached by slow and sure degrees, the young man should be wisely coacfred. ;tihe girl should strive to please; the subject never should be broached as one would speak of cheese. And marriage is a house of groans unless true love is there, and hearts grow hard as paving stones that no affection share; I shall not lend you seven bones- I have no bucks to spare." The young man soaked his fountain pen, the damsel pawned her hat, and they were spliced at half-past ten, and settled in a flat; and now they live apart again, divorced, and that is that.